Israel lacks the capacity to treat all of those injured and traumatized in the ongoing war, a representative of the Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Division tells lawmakers.
Addressing the Knesset’s Labor and Welfare Committee, Limor Luria says that since the outbreak of the war, her department has dealt with 2,816 new patients, 18% of whom are suffering from mental health issues and post-traumatic stress disorder.
“If we don’t get additional resources and standards, we won’t be able to take care of everyone,” she declares, adding that despite its commitment to do so, the ministry has not established a separate department for treating soldiers suffering from PTSD.
This is especially worrying because the current conflict is “unlike anything that has happened in the past,” says Idan Kleiman, who heads the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization. “We expect about 10,000 PTSD sufferers.”
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